switched from 5mg to 10mg and nausea got better, not worse
switched from 5mg to 10mg and nausea got better, not worse. Making the case below, and I expect to lose some of it in the comments.
Pulling the figures out of the title: 5mg and 10mg. All of it is written down as it happened rather than reconstructed.
Stopped abruptly once and gradually once. The gradual one was easier to interpret because I could see what was changing.
Had the conversation with a clinician before stopping rather than after. Considerably easier that way round.
Not medical advice, obviously, and nothing here is approved for human use. One person with a spreadsheet.
best — the order this archive was captured in
A written baseline — dose, date, weight, waist, and how appetite feels — taken before any change is what makes the following months interpretable rather than a series of impressions.
There is very little published guidance on stopping specifically, which is exactly why board consensus here should carry less weight than usual and a clinician conversation should carry more.
There is very little published guidance on stopping specifically, which is exactly why board consensus here should carry less weight than usual and a
Adding the one process step — write down where you are before you change anything.
Stretched from seven days to ten to twelve over four months. Appetite told me where the limit was each time.
Stretched from seven days to ten to twelve over four months.
Disagreeing with this bit: stretching and reducing are different things and the post treats them as one.
Withdrawal studies across this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation, with appetite typically returning before weight changes. That is a description of the pharmacology of a chronic condition.
Nothing on this board is a taper schedule, and no member can write one for another. What can be shared is what people watched and what they observed.